There aren't tax cuts overall, although some of it is hidden by moving it around and the previously announced increase of NI plus freezing the income tax threshold means that taxes are increased pretty much across the board. Apparently the tax burden in the UK will be the highest it's been since the 1950's.
Maybe they're using an old Republican trick of budget forecasting: dynamic scoring. It includes predicted growth or increased spending behavior by consumers in its estimates to offset the cost of tax cuts. It's also complete garbage. It's what Republicans in the US use to claim that their tax cuts for the wealthy will pay for themselves with increased growth.
Plus a huge increase in corporation tax, from 19% to 25% in two years. It shows how spin works though, and we all fall for it at times, that's why it's done.
Bang on. But as we have just seen from the budget/spending review, instead of focusing on the biggest problem facing both this country and the rest of the world - man made climate change, they make particularly stupid decisions like reducing the cost of internal UK flights.
Not to mention the high likelihood of 5% plus Council Tax increases next year. And you can bet that the Police Levy will be much higher than that. Last year it was about 10%. For many people, Council Tax is their biggest monthly cost. And terrible value by the way because there is no competition.
Quite agree about the rise, and who pays it. Not too sure I want competition as such in schools, fire, police, care and so on, I'd prefer that be measured by best practice. The problem with competition can be short-termism, next years profits, and no long-term planning or responsibility.
Yes. You are probably right about that. I guess it is because, apart from the refuse collection, we don't actually see where our hard earned cash goes. Yet another tax on top of the countless others.
I spent a couple of years at a council funded college in the IT department a few years ago. It had 5 people working in the department and virtually nothing to do apart from write SQL queries and basic maintenance. It was the most boring job I've ever had and I had to leave because turning up and doing nothing got boring after a while.
Interesting isn't it. I knew someone working for the council street maintenance. He was young and pretty keen. But the job was so over manned and the rest of the guys spent most of the day reading the paper or on their phones. He said there were 3 in each van irrespective of the task. Like your friend, he got so bored that he left.
Agreed.
People like this get whipped up into a frenzy of hatred by the media.
Why on earth would anyone want to eat seafood, especially shellfish, after seeing that?
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It always makes me laugh when I see this cnut criticising the Tories, as if he wasn't telling everyone not to vote for Corbyn at the last election.
Whilst I fundamentally and strongly disagree with JO’B about Corbyn and his suitability for Labour leader and potential PM, I don’t believe that renders invalid his opinions about the Tories and how they’ve handled...well...everything recently.
He didn't help though, did he? In fact he helped contribute to this outcome.
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Opposition offering a cohesive alternative? Maybe an opposition with some ideas or policies to engage with people.
Or just the fact that so many people are simply not interested in politics and only take an interest when something has a direct impact on them.
Sure, so would you now prefer him to be helping oppose them, or just walk away? What gain is there for endlessly beating up on one of the few public voices now trying to hold them to account?
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She is a joke
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Proportional representation.
More reminiscent of Boris Yeltsin than anything.
This is the full video
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"still unconfirmed"
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So, if the powers that be don’t like the findings of a commission, they can just change the rules on a dime?
When we give them a fecking 80 seat majority they can!
